Floral Spring Cake

Instructions

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1. - Bake the cake. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Place batter in two 6 x 3-inch cake pans, bake and then cool completely.
2. -

   Prepare the cake. Level and crumb coat the cake using white frosting. Then chill the crumb coated cake for about 20-minutes until it's crusted.

3. -

   Tint frosting. Tint buttercream using the food coloring combinations provided:

   • 2 cups buttercream Bright Pink - Rose and Christmas Red food coloring
   • 1 cup buttercream Light Blue - Royal Blue and Cornflower Blue food coloring
   • 1 cup buttercream Purple - Violet and Pink food coloring
   • 1 cup buttercream Teal - Sky Blue, Kelly Green and Royal Blue food coloring
   • 1/2 cup buttercream Green - Lemon Yellow, Leaf Green and Kelly Green food coloring
   • 2 cups buttercream Light Pink - Rose food coloring
   • 1 cup buttercream Medium Pink - Rose food coloring
   • 1 cup buttercream Yellow - Lemon Yellow food coloring
4. -

   Prepare decorating bags. Fill decorating bags with the following tips and buttercream colors:

   • Tip 103 - Light Blue frosting
   • Tip 32 - Purple Icing & Teal frosting
   • Tip 1M - Bright Pink Icing & Light Pink frosting
   • Tip 4B - Medium Pink frosting & Yellow frosting
   • Tip 12 - Green frosting
   • -

     Decorate the cake. Alternating colors, cover the cake with piped rosettes, stars, zig-zags and dots.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe A Rosette

Learn how to pipe beautiful rosettes, big and small, to add charming floral accents. Rosettes are a great way to create quick decorations. Different tips create different petal effects. Rosettes can be used to add a simple floral accent to a dessert, or cover a cake and cupcakes.

How to Crumb Coat a Cake

Getting a smooth finish on your fondant or buttercream cake is easier than you may think. All you need is a simple crumb coat